Hi all,
We are a research group in Italy working in biological inspired robotic
systems. We intent to create a robotic experimental setup using a network of
QNX’s machines. We are highly interested to contact research groups or
people with adquired experience doing this kind of stuff.
We are particularly interested in next issues:
-High performance network connections ( optic fiber, gigabit, multiple
networks cards [does FLEET this work??]).
-Avaible FrameGrabbers with QNX drivers.
-Avaible Motion Control Boards with QNX drivers.
-Avaible Analogic/Digital convertors…
-High capacity image distribution alternatives…
-Robotic architectures based in IPC.
-Adecuate computer hardware configurations…
-SMP possibilities…
…etc
If you want to know more about us please just visit our web site:
http://www.lira.dist.unige.it
We will apreciate any help.
Gretting from Italy.
Carlos Beltran
Laboratory for Integrated Advanced Robotics
Department of Communication, Computer and Systems Science (DIST)
University of Genova.
Italy
Previously, Carlos Beltran wrote in comp.os.qnx:
Hi all,
We are a research group in Italy working in biological inspired robotic
systems. We intent to create a robotic experimental setup using a network of
QNX’s machines. We are highly interested to contact research groups or
people with adquired experience doing this kind of stuff.
We are particularly interested in next issues:
-High performance network connections ( optic fiber, gigabit, multiple
networks cards [does FLEET this work??]).
-Avaible FrameGrabbers with QNX drivers.
-Avaible Motion Control Boards with QNX drivers.
-Avaible Analogic/Digital convertors…
-High capacity image distribution alternatives…
-Robotic architectures based in IPC.
-Adecuate computer hardware configurations…
-SMP possibilities…
…etc
If you want to know more about us please just visit our web site:
http://www.lira.dist.unige.it
We will apreciate any help.
Gretting from Italy.
Carlos Beltran
Laboratory for Integrated Advanced Robotics
Department of Communication, Computer and Systems Science (DIST)
University of Genova.
Italy
MIT’s Cog humanoid robot project is using QNX:
http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/cog/ComputationalSystem/computational_system.html
Pete DiMarco <peted@ifspurity.nospam.com> wrote:
Previously, Carlos Beltran wrote in comp.os.qnx:
Hi all,
We are a research group in Italy working in biological inspired robotic
systems. We intent to create a robotic experimental setup using a network of
QNX’s machines. We are highly interested to contact research groups or
people with adquired experience doing this kind of stuff.
We are particularly interested in next issues:
MIT’s Cog humanoid robot project is using QNX:
Cool stuff!
The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group is also using QNX. Currently 4, moving
to 6 as I type this. 
http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~warg/
chris
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The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group is also using QNX. Currently 4, moving
to 6 as I type this. >
Flying Robots? Cool!
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Bill Caroselli <qtps@earthlink.net> wrote:
“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
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The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group is also using QNX. Currently 4, moving
to 6 as I type this. >
Flying Robots? Cool!
Yes - and dangerous. It is scary watching the thing rev-up for take-off and
knowing it is flying itself when it is in the air. 
chris
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Chris McKillop <cdm@qnx.com> “The faster I go, the behinder I get.”
Software Engineer, QSSL – Lewis Carroll –
http://qnx.wox.org/
Hi All,
Actually I think we are the oldest Aerial robotics group using QNX. I have
been working on the Aerial robotics for the past one year, and I know for a
fact that QNX has been used on our Robot ( called AVATAR) for the past 6
years. Currently we are moving to QNX 6.1 from QNX 4.25.
We use a Digital Logic 700 Mhz PC-104 card, Imagenation framegrabber,
Crossbow IMU and Novatel GPS. Recently we did autonomous vision based
landing. You could see more of our videos and nice stuff at
http://www-robotics.usc.edu/~srik
and at
http://www-robotics.usc.edu/~avatar
Regarding your question. We use 802.11b wireless (orinoco -Lucent) , We use
QNX both on the PC-104 stack and our main computer and we develop all the
GUI using Photon. I should mention that Photon is the nicest GUI developing
environment I have seen ( using C, although if you are using C++ then
probably Qt beats it)
Although Currently we are having some problems using the framegrabber, (
which btw can support progressive scan) , I think QNX is one of the fastest
and easiest Real time OS around ( particularly since they moved to POSIX )
standard.
Thanks
Srikanth
Chris McKillop wrote:
Bill Caroselli <> qtps@earthlink.net> > wrote:
“Chris McKillop” <> cdm@qnx.com> > wrote in message
news:a4f8jv$28d$> 2@nntp.qnx.com> …
The Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group is also using QNX. Currently 4,
moving to 6 as I type this. >
Flying Robots? Cool!
Yes - and dangerous. It is scary watching the thing rev-up for take-off
and knowing it is flying itself when it is in the air. >
chris
Flying Robots? Cool!
Yes - and dangerous. It is scary watching the thing rev-up for take-off and
knowing it is flying itself when it is in the air. >
Dangerous, yes. Afaik, a commercial helicopter UAV manufacturer had a spectator
killed at a demo a while ago. You have to have respect for these beasts.
Tom
I have never understood why peoplle go to air shows. Yes, they are very
impressive. But you can see them so much better at home on TV. And you
have less then a 30% chance of getting killed in your own living room
(depending on what neighborhoor you live in.)
“Tomas Högström” <tomas@scandicraft.se> wrote in message
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Flying Robots? Cool!
Yes - and dangerous. It is scary watching the thing rev-up for take-off
and
knowing it is flying itself when it is in the air. >
Dangerous, yes. Afaik, a commercial helicopter UAV manufacturer had a
spectator
killed at a demo a while ago. You have to have respect for these beasts.
Tom